Ready Brek – the Super Smooth Oat Cereal to Start Your Day!

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Fiona Martin

Ready Brek has always been a part of my life from very young when my mum used to make me a bowl for breakfast on a cold Winter’s morning before school. The lovely warm feeling in your tummy is the perfect way to set you up for the start of the day.

Having teamed up with Despicable Me 3, Ready Brek is offering lots of chances to with prizes with codes inside each pack. My little boy had already requested for me to buy some after seeing adverts on television before we even received these boxes to try out! I’m more than happy to buy him some as the cold frosty mornings are upon us as it’s really important to ensure the children get a healthy breakfast at the start of the day.

Benefits of Ready Brek include:

Rich in calcium
Rich in vitamin D
No added sugar or salt
High in oat fibre

We do like our Ready Brek just as it comes out of the box for breakfast but are also fans of the chocolate variety – they even do honey or seriously oatey if you fancy them!

Other than eating the Ready Brek for breakfast or supper we do like to bake with it and one of our favourite recipes that we make is Secret Ready Brek Cookies – chocolate Ready Brek with a hidden white chocolate square inside. Why not give them a try?

Despicable Me 3 fans will love the new toys that are out now – perfect stocking fillers for Christmas. Firstly the DVD of the movie which my children loved watching again after seeing in the cinema after it was first released. I just know my little boy will watch it again and again checking out Grue’s latest tricks and adventures.

He was also rather thrilled with the Mineez Fizz ‘n’ Surprise Submarine which he took in the bath with him. It’s like a bath bomb that fizzes on the outside and out pops a little plastic submarine complete with two minion figures inside. This is now his favourite bath toy so we have minion adventures every night in the bathtub!

Overall I think Ready Brek and Despicable Me 3 make a great team and it’s definitely appealed to my children. What’s not to love? A super tasty warming breakfast along with fun and games with the minions!

All reviews are my own and my family’s opinions and we received the product along with payment in order to write an honest review.

Yummy Nummies Mini Magic Pizza & Cookies

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Fiona Martin

Yummy Nummies from Character Options are the latest craze from Japan, where kids get to create mini food treats that taste and look just like the real thing!

We received the mini Pizza and Cookie sets to try out. Each pack consists of sachets of powder constitute, a plastic mould, and the relevant miniature utensils that are required. All you need to add are scissors to open the sachets and cold water to add to the powders.

Each kit is simple to put together and just requires the powders to be mixed with water and placed in the appropriate moulds which are then microwaved for anything between 10 and 30 seconds. Various toppings are added to complete the foods made.

What is really unusual about this craft is that it is edible, and not only can you eat it, but each part of the food, tastes like it actually should. My children loved creating these and with each pack making up to ten items, meant they could both have a go at creating the miniature foods.

Once we’d finished, the children couldn’t wait to try them. I think their faces in the picture above shows how much they enjoyed them, the cookies in particular were their favourite. I did taste them myself and although they are edible, they are just a bit of fun and a craft that the children enjoyed.

Here is a video of us making the Yummy Nummies:

Yummy Nummies are sure to be the latest craze to hit the UK and I’m sure children will be keen to have a go too when they see it advertised. There are lots of different things to make such as chicken nuggets, cupcakes, doughnuts and even chocolate bars. Why not check them out, available from Toys R Us as well as other retailers.

All reviews are my own and my family’s opinions and we received the products in order to write the review.

Secret Ready Brek Cookies

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Fiona Martin

We love baking and I remember many years ago making Secret Cookies with Ready Brek. I knew my children would love these so thought we’d give them a go as something to occupy Miss M during the summer on a rainy day.

Mister B wanted to assist too and insisted on wearing Miss M’s Hello Kitty apron rather than his own – but whatever makes him happy! Miss M carefully followed my instructions to mix the ingredients herself and was very excited by the ‘secret’ part of the cookie. A hidden square of white chocolate pushed into the centre of each cookie before it is baked.

Here’s the recipe we used for Ready Brek Secret Cookies:

5oz butter
5oz caster sugar
1 egg yolk
4oz Ready Brek
3oz self raising flour
2oz cocoa powder
½ tsp baking powder
15 squares of white chocolate (enough for 1 per cookie)

1. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy
2. And in egg yolk and beat well
3. Add the Ready Brek, flour, cocoa powder and baking powder
4. Mix to form a dough then break into 15 balls, flatten each ball down pushing a square of white chocolate into the centre and covering completely within the cookie
5. Bake for approx 15 minutes on 190°C

The best way to eat these cookies is when they are still warm, so take them out the oven, let them cool slightly then take a bite and you’ll find the white chocolate square in the center is all gooey!

These are deliciously yummy, I have to say our plateful of cookies didn’t last long although we did manage to save a few until the next day. They are almost as delicious cold as well, although if you pop them in the microwave for a few seconds it gently warms them up and they taste just like they’ve come out the oven again.